Category: Sports News

Sri Lanka Women’s National Cricket team captain Chamari Athapaththu has been ranked No.1 in the latest ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings.

Sri Lanka have become the first team from the ICC World Cup 2023 Qualifiers to qualify for the main tournament after registering a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over hosts Zimbabwe at Bulawayo’s Queens Sports Club on Sunday.

Wanindu Hasaranga has equalled the record for the most consecutive five-wicket hauls in ODIs in a stunning start to Sri Lanka’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier campaign.

Sri Lanka powered into the Super Six stage of the Cricket World Cup qualifying tournament with a crushing 133-run win over Ireland on Sunday that eliminated their opponents.

Ahead of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) auction, Pakistan’s captain and star batter Babar Azam, who was a pre-auction direct signing by the Colombo Strikers franchise, said that he and his team are looking forward to developing the strongest side in the tournament.

Virender Sehwag is of the opinion that Gujarat Titan’s Dasun Shanaka has disappointed the most in this season’s Indian Premier League, saying the Sri Lankan “hasn’t lived up to even 1 percent to the expectations” set for him.

Sri Lankan sprinter Yupun Abeykoon has finished in second place in the Men’s 100m Finals at the 12th International Meeting “Citta’ Di Savona” held in Italy.

MS Dhoni seemed to have brought the play to a halt ahead of the 16th over of Gujarat Titans’ chase, buying a few minutes for Chennai Super Kings pacer Matheesha Pathirana to make him eligible to bowl.

Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has had three of four charges withdrawn relating to the alleged sexual assault of a woman in her home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Mr. Imran Khwaja, the Deputy Chairman of the International Cricket Council, who is a member of the 3-member committee appointed by the International Cricket Council to look into the political interference in administering the game of cricket in Sri Lanka, arrived in the country yesterday morning (May 10).

The 2023 Asia Cup that is scheduled to take place later this year is set to move from Pakistan to Sri Lanka, a report in The Indian Express said on Monday.

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes Matheesha Pathirana could become a limited-overs asset for Sri Lanka with a light workload that does not include any test cricket.

Prabath Jayasuriya has taken 50 wickets in seven Tests to claim the record for reaching the mark in fewer matches than any other spinner.

Sri Lankan Cricketer Kusal Mendis, on Thursday (April 27), scored his maiden double century in the first innings of the second Test match against Ireland.

Sri Lankan Cricketer Nishan Madushka scored his maiden double century in the second and final Test against Ireland today (April 27).

The first look poster of the movie ‘800’ which tells the life story of Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has been released.